Vending booth



Jan. 13, 1942. A. WNETRZAK VENDING BOOTH ZSheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 17, 1940 j W INVENTOR. 6%

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Patented .Fan. 13, 1942 VENDING BOOTH 'Albert Wnetrzak; Cicero, 111., assignor of two- -fifths to Anthony-F. Krasniewski', Cicero, 111.

Application June 17, 1940;"Se'rial N 0. 340,950

I 6 Claims.

.The present invention relates to vendingbooths and has for its mainobject the provisionof a booth including a pair of foldable doors .and so arranged as to be capable of being converted into a supplementary housing constituting a protection for the vendor against inclement weather.

A still further object of the present invention is the provision of a vendingboothhaving a shiftable platform, which in conjunction with a foldable door may constitute a supplementary housing as protection for a vendor against inclement weather. I

A still further object of the present invention is to generally improve the construction of a vending booth- With the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings forming apart of .this application, and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout. the several views:

"Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on horizontal plane, on line 22 of- Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical cross-sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the booth.

Referring in detail to the present drawings sitioned within the pair of panels I5. Said partition wall I3 also constitutes a counter upon which the goods may be displayed.

Corner pieces I! positioned within corners defined by side walls I I and rear wall I2 strengthen the construction of the booth.

'Disposed above said horizontal partition wall I3 and within the rear ends of sidewalls II is shelf IBTrestingupon horizontal bars. I 9 thelatr? are iteraflixed to said side walls II. 1Said shelf I8 constitutes additional space upon whichgoods ,may. be, placed;

Positioned below floor I0 is a pair'of sliding .platformsifl, each of which is guided by a pair of. rails 2|, affiXedto the underface of floor I0,

v.and further held in position by a cross piece 22, -the latter, held within side walls I I. Metallio runners 2I may be afiixed to theunderface of peach. platform-.29 for facilitating v thegsliding ,movementthereof within said rails 2|.

.Each of said platforms 20. is adapted for longitudinal sliding movement into or out of the I vending booth, and a suitable mechanismfor out- ..wardly..sliding each of said platforms 201s provided andconsists of a cord 23, one end of which isafiixed to-said platform 20 as at 24 and adjacent the rear end of said platform andin front .,-of recess. 25. -,Afiixedto .cross piece. 22 and extendingrearwardly thereof is apulley '26 over which said fcordj 23 passes. and extends rearwardly therefrom to pulley 21 which is affixed to ..rear. wall I2, adjacent the lower endthereof and below floor .IIi. From there, through openings, 28 v.madehin floor I0, partition wall I3 andgshelf I3,

-;said Qcord .23. is extended aboveshelf I8 and passes-through pulley 29 positioned. and rigidly affixed onshelfI8 andadjacent its opening'28.

= From the description -of the, mechanism for the.-purpose of extending or outwardly, shifting I .platform zt it will be apparentthat upon exerting manual pull upon the free .end of cord 23 ,platform '20 will,.be outwardlyv shifted substantially; tothe position illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. Whenever it is desirable to retract platform 20 to its-inoperative position shown in Fig. l; the

same. is manually. pushed until the same rests completely .below floor r I I). tracted inoperative position ,of platform129, pulley. Z'Lwill ,remainwithin recess .25, the latter providing a clearancespace. for said pulley ,so thatthe remaining rearward .fi lge,.'of said platform .2!) mayucontact with the. rear wall I2.

TIhe vending boothIfurther includes 311 010111018 ..door,..each made of a pair of folding panels3ll, the .doors being suspended upon hinges '3I. afiixed to the; front ends of side walls II. Eachpair of panels .30 in .each .,door are connected by hinges-I32.

Whenever it is found to be desirable taprovide a supplementary housing forv protecting .the

' vendor against, inclement weather, first ,both

doors, are; shifted to I an .open position, thereupon platforms 20 are extended by; operating ,cord 23 as aforesaid so as to bring one, or bothof said When in 7 that replatforms 2!] to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thereupon the door is shifted so that the outer panels 30 thereof would remain in parallel relation with the outer edge of platform 20, as seen by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and thereupon the inner panels 30 of the door are folded until the inner faces of said inner panels 30 of the door contact with the outer edge of platform 20, the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and by full lines in Fig. 3. To engage the inner panel 30 of the door with its co-operating platform so as to maintain the door in a rigid operative engagement with platform 20, a hook 33 upon the inner panel of the door may be provided.

The vendin booth is further provided with a pair of cleats 34 aflixed to side walls I I and adjacent the front edges thereof and with a pair of like cleats 35 adjacent the rear edges of said walls I I. Similar cleats 36, and under roof 31 are provided to define a rectangular area upon each of said side walls II and for which said cleats 34, 35 and 36 constitute a frame, and within which space one door 3EI-3B may be placed when removed from hinges 3I and suspended upon like hinges 38 mounted upon cleats 35. Said doors 30-30 may be so removed from their normal hinges 3I and placed upon their respective side walls II and within cleats 34, 35 and 36 whenever fair weather permits the front of the booth to be entirely open, as is shown in Fig. 1. Fasteners 39 upon cleats 34 will further hold doors 30-30 in position upon side walls I I.

Roof 31 may extend forwardly to form an overhanging eaves remaining over platforms 20 when the same are in an extended operative position to constitute a further protection from above.

Afiixed to one brace I4 is a bearing 40 for maintaining in a pivotal adjustment a bracket arm 4|, the latter supporting seat 42 which may be extended outwardly from behind the adjacent panel I5, as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Fig. 3. Recess 43, made in the upper edge of panel I5 permits unobstructed movement of said seat 42 from operative or inoperative position. When said seat 42 is not in use the same may be shifted into an inoperative position and within the housing below partition wall I3, as is seen in Fig. 2. At the opposite side of the booth a slidable bench 44 positioned below partition wall I3 may be provided with recess 45 made in the upper edge of the adjacent panel I5 permitting unobstructing movement of said bench 44 into operative or inoperative position.

While there is described herein a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a structure, including a floor and at least three vertical walls extending therefrom to form a main housing, a platform disposed adjacent said floor and adapted to be shifted into an operative or inoperative position, and a folding door in pivotal relation with one of said vertical walls of said main housing, the panels of said folding door being adapted to assume substantially parallel contacting positions with respect to two adjacent angularly related edges of said platform when the same is in an extended operative position to form in co-operation therewith a supplementaiy housing.

2. In a structure, including a floor and at least three vertical walls extending therefrom to form a main housing, a platform disposed adjacent said floor and adapted to be shifted into an operative or inoperative position, and a folding door in pivotal relation with one of said vertical walls of said main housing, said door having a plurality of folding panels, said panels being adapted to assume angular contacting relative position corresponding to the angular edges of said platform when the latter remains in an extended operative position for forming in co-operation with said platform a supplementary housing.

3. In a structure including a plurality of vertical walls and a floor constituting a main housing, a platform disposed adjacent said floor for .outer shifting movement, and a door in a pivotal relation with one of said vertical walls of said main housing, said door consisting of a pair of folding panels, said door when in a closed relation with said main housing being in a transverse relation with said platform and constituting a closure for said main housing, said platform being adapted for outer shifting movement when said door remains in an open position with relation to said main housing, said panels being adapted to assume a substantially contacting and coextensive position with a pair of intersecting edges of said platform when the latter remains in an outwardly extended position for providing a housing supplementary to said main housing.

4. In a structure including a plurality of vertical walls and a floor constituting a main housing, a platform disposed adjacent said floor for outer shifting movement, a door in a pivotal relation with one of said vertical walls of said main housing, said door consisting. of a pair of folding panels, said door when in a closed relation with said main housing being in a transverse relation with said platform and constituting a closure for said main housing, said platform being adapt-- ed for outer shifting movement when said door remains in an open position with relation to said main housing, said panels being adapted to assume a substantially contacting and coextensive position with a pair of intersecting edges of said platform when the latter remain in an outwardly extended position for providing a housing supplementary to said main housing, and means for rigidly engaging said panels with said platform when the latter remains in an outwardly extended position.

5. In a structure, a floor and side walls constituting a main housing, a platform disposed adjacent said fioorfor outer shifting movement, and

a door in a pivotal relation with one of said side walls, said door consisting of a pair of folding panels, said door when in a closed relation with said structure being in a transverse relation to the path of movement of said platform and constituting a closure for said main housing, said platform being adapted for outer shifting movement from said floor when said door remain in an open position with relation to said main housing, said panels being adapted to assume a substantially contacting and coextensive position with a pair of intersecting edges of said platform when the latter remains in an outwardly extended position for providing a housing supplementary to said main housing.

6. In a structure, a main housing comprising a floor and vertical rear and side walls, a platform disposed adjacent said floor for outer shifting movement, and a door including a pair of folding panels, one of said panels being in a vertical pivotal relation with one of said side walls when the latter is in an extended position, and the remaining panel being adapted to assume an angular position with respect to th first panel for contacting with the adjacent angular front marginal edge of said platform when the lat ter remains in an extended position, said panels when in contactual position with said platform when the latter is in an extended position providing in co-operation with said platform a hous- 10 ing supplementary to said main housing.

ALBERT W N ETRZAK 

